The Premier Division fixture at Richmond Park on Friday will see hosts St. Patrick's Athletic doing battle with Drogheda United.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for St. Patrick's Athletic v Drogheda United can be found here (inc. the best betting odds).
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St. Patrick's Athletic
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St. Patrick's Athletic won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 1-0 Premier Division losing effort in their last game against Shamrock Rovers.
In that match, St. Patrick's Athletic had 38% possession and 13 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Shamrock Rovers had 8 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Graham Burke (9') was the scorer for Shamrock Rovers.
It has been a rare occasion in recent games where St. Patrick's Athletic have shown defensive steel. The reality is that St. Patrick's Athletic have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 6 goals in the process.
Coming into this clash, St. Patrick's Athletic haven't been beaten in the league by Drogheda United in their last 10 matches. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.
Drogheda United
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Last time out, Drogheda United drew 3-3 in the Premier Division match with Waterford.
In that game, Drogheda United had 55% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Drogheda United, the scorers were Mark Doyle (27'), Shane Farrell (58') and Ryan Brennan (69'). For their opponents, Waterford got 17 shots at goal with 5 on target. Tom Lonergan (1'), Kevin Long (21') and Benny Couto (86') scored for Waterford.
Proving their appetite for high-scoring encounters, goals have been scored 20 times in the last six games in which Drogheda United have played, making it an average of 3.33 goals for each meeting. Opposition teams have hit 12 of those goals. We will just have to see if that trend can be continued on into this next match.
Their prior results show that Drogheda United:
- are winless against St. Patrick's Athletic in away games against them for the last 5 matches in the league. Not good.
- are without a win away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 14/02/2025 shows that St. Patrick's Athletic have won 3 of these & Drogheda United 0, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.
In all, 10 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 from Saints and 2 coming from The Drogs. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.67.
The previous league match featuring the two was Premier Division match day 12 on 17/04/2026 which ended up with the score at Drogheda United 1-3 St. Patrick's Athletic.
That time, Drogheda United had 44% possession and 10 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorers were Conor Keeley (34' Own goal) and Brandon Kavanagh (64').
At the other end, St. Patrick's Athletic had 10 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Aidan Keena (1') and Kian Leavy (37') scored.
The match was refereed by Lucas Keating.
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Team News: St. Patrick's Athletic
In all likelihood, Saints may well use the 4-2-3-1 formation in the match, handing starts to Joseph Anang, James Brown, Joe Redmond, Sean Hoare, Luke Turner, Jamie Lennon, Barry Baggley, Kian Leavy, Romal Palmer, Zak Elbouzedi and Ryan Edmondson.
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Team News: Drogheda United
We’re of the thinking that The Drogs will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup, choosing Fynn Talley, Edwin Agbaje, Leo Burney, Andrew Quinn, Conor Kane, Shane Farrell, Ryan Brennan, Ethan O'Brien, Brandon Kavanagh, Thomas Oluwa and Mark Doyle.
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Prediction
In our view, St. Patrick's Athletic should dominate on the ball and be rewarded with decent chances.
At the same time, Drogheda United are also probably going to find it difficult getting goals although we do think that they will probably end up converting at least once here, too.
Therefore, we are anticipating a decent 3-1 victory for St. Patrick's Athletic at the end of this one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Looking at the betting prices for the match on the 90 minute result market, the win for St. Patrick's Athletic can be had for 1.3, a wager on a drawn result is 4.5 & betting on a victory for Drogheda United gets 9.5. They’re the best of the prices that can be secured at this very moment.
Lucas Pereira,
01:01 08/06/2026
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
St. Patrick's Athletic
Formed: 1929
Stadium: Richmond Park (5,340)
Captain: Joe Redmond
Chairman: Garrett Kelleher
Manager: Stephen Kenny
Competitions: Premier Division position 3
🔑 Key Man: Ryan Edmondson
Typically taking to the field in the Striker position, Ryan Edmondson was born in Harrogate, England. After making a first senior appearance for Leeds United in the 2017 - 2018 season, the skilful Forward has managed 8 league goals in this Premier Division 2026 campaign to date from a total of 19 appearances.